Flip into Any Direction

Boom Clap the Sound of our Hearts❤️

Boom! I heard the sound of Hope round-offing on the beam. She tightly back tucked off the beam and onto the mat under her. She stuck it perfectly unlike the other times she tried her dismount.

Hi I'm Lyn. I'm 20 years old and I've been competing for 13 years. I have dark brown hair. I'm short and skinny, not like a tramp who has a big butt like Nicki Minaj, but I have a tiny butt like Cher Lloyd. My best friend is Hope Matthews and my worst enemy is Jessica Williams. She's on our gymnastics team and she's bullied me since... forever! One time she put my bar grips in a bag with worms! Yup she's mean.

"Nice, babe!" I cheered high-fiving Hope as she ran over towards me.

We hugged for a little bit until we heard a squeaky mouse voice talk to us.

"Yeah, Hope nicely done! The first time that you stuck my last years routine like I did the first time I learned it!" Jessica laughed with her friend, Alyssa Harris by her side.

Mrs. Harris is our coach and Alyssa is her daughter. Alyssa doesn't do gymnastics but does dance in the tap room upstairs. She sometimes clicks her heels so hard that the ceiling rumbles with noise.

"Very nice, Hope! Do a back tuck off this mat onto the floor." Mrs. Harris instructed.

Hope did as she was instructed and listened to Mrs. Harris run her mouth about what it's suppose to feel like when you back tuck.

"Ok girls you may go home now! Your results for the Olympics will be at your house when you get home or tomorrow morning." our coach informed us.

"Thank you!" all the girls replied.

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"K Lynnie! We're home and we've got mail!" Hope exclaimed.

Hope and I've got a condo that we bought after graduation. It's on Ridgestone Way in North Carolina right on the Outer Banks.

"Wha- oh! Ok!" I sighed.

I'm so damn tired! Last night Hope kept me up all night talking about her ex Aidan and how when she was tanning on our porch, Aidan was walking with his friends and was staring at her in a bikini.

I stumbled over to the mailbox where Hope was scanning the envelopes looking for anything "official".

"Aagh!" she shrieked. "Omg! Lyn! Come here!"

She jumped up and down and wailed while I walked over.

"What?" I asked. I looked over the two envelopes and there were two letters. One for me and one for Hope. "What the flip!"

I ripped the letter out of her hands and opened it. I scanned the letter looking for the words "summer", "Olympics", "gymnastics" and "England".

I found gymnastics, summer, England. Then finally at the bottom they signed:

Yours Truly,

The Olympic Department of Gymnastics

I screamed and hugged Hope.

"I'm going to the Olympics!" I cried.

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We called our families and told them about the amazing news after we celebrated that day. It's now Saturday and Hope just got done packing the little extra clothes and makeup, especially our 2 bottles (each) of hair spray.

"I'm so excited! We might be on the same team as McKayla Maroney!" I screeched.

McKayla is my favorite gymnast of all time!

We walked out of our condo with our two suitcases and couple of bags in hand.

We walked to our car and drive to the airport to board the plane to England.

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We walked through the doors onto the planes with just one of our bags around our shoulders with our iPads, phones, books and more.

Hope stopped at her seat; 20.

"See 'ya later!" she nervously said.

"I'll see you when we get off!" I cheered smiling at Hope like a freak.

She winked and I smiled.

I looked for the numbers above the seats for the number 24.

I saw my single seat and got settled. I looked next to me and saw a really cute boy talking to his friend next to the window. He had light brown hair and bright blue eyes. His smile lit up the whole room.

I looked away and turned my face to my iPad to listen to music and go on Instagram. I put on Don't by Ed Sheeran. I hummed along as I put in my second earbud.

"He's an awesome guy." I heard a British voice say.

I just kept looking at my screen on Instagram on my account @zieggirls1313 for Maddie and Mackenzie Ziegler on Dance Moms.

"Hey, love. I was talking to you." a man chuckled poking me.

"Oh, sorry." I blushed.

"I said he is a very nice friend; Ed Sheeran." he replied.

"You know THE Ed Sheeran? You're very lucky!" I laughed.

"Not really, unless you consider pranks as lucky!" he laughed.

I giggled then put my earbuds back in my ears. Bounce by Iggy Azalea came on and I smiled. I tucked a strand of my dark brown hair behind my hair.

"So you're going to the UK, eh?" he asked (again).

"Yeah," I replied nodding.

"It's my home, very nice place. What are you here for? Pleasure or business."

"I'm here for professional sports, so probably both!"

"I'm here for our music."

He pointed to a boy behind me, infront of me, next to him and behind him.

"Cool."

He nodded and turned to his friend next to him and started discussing cheese for some reason.

Very weird boys, I thought.

I changed the song to Cry by Alexx Calise. I slowly drifted asleep and turned towards the window.

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Thanks for reading Chapter 1! Did you like it? I hope you did!❤️ Plz read on!